Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...

Gardening season is underway, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very helpful. Q: Our oak tree ...

If you are due to prune your oak trees, scheduling tree work for the winter months can make a huge difference in preventing oak wilt in your community, according to ReLeaf Michigan. Oak wilt is spread ...

Writing a weekly garden column is an interesting affair. Coming up with entertaining verbiage to engage readers on such riveting topics as compost, soil, fungi and esoteric taxonomic arguments can be ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - In a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forest Health Program, the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic announced it will provide free testing ...

A closeup view of even the most common objects can make the mundane look spectacular. A glimpse of the underside of a southern live oak tree leaf, which won first place in the 2021 Nikon Small World ...

Growing up on Ebinger Drive in Niles, Tony Dati remembers playing in the shade of his neighbor’s towering bur oak tree, its enormous trunk wider than any other tree in the neighborhood. “You think ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee gives tips on how to identify two species – honey locust and bur oak – from just the markings and scarring on leafless twigs.

Q: The trees on our property, mostly oaks, were burned in the Fawn Fire. Most of the leaves burned off, but the branches don’t look like they’re burned. Will the trees recover or do I need to have ...